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Over the next several days, counties will continue to process vote-by-mail ballots returned on or around Election Day, along with provisional ballots requiring verification.—James Ward, USA Today, 4 June 2026 The Minnesota Department of Human Services set out to revalidate thousands of providers in programs deemed high risk for fraud by asking providers to submit verification paperwork and making unannounced site visits.—Ashley Grams, CBS News, 3 June 2026 That was the verification process.—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 3 June 2026 Go to Settings → tap your Samsung account name at the top → Security and privacy → Two-step verification and make sure it is turned on.—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for verification
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borrowed from Medieval Latin vērificātiōn-, vērificātiō, from vērificāre "to verify" + Latin -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns